ANALYSIS: Fragile Iran Deal Offers Oil Relief, but Hormuz Risks Remain
By Ron Bousso
LONDON, June 14 (Reuters) - The U.S.-Iran deal ending months of fighting and reopening the Strait of Hormuz will prompt a collective sigh of relief from energy exporters and importers alike. But the fragile calm may not...
Bessent: Any Rollback of Economic, Financial Blockade on Iran Would Be Slow
May 29 — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday that any removal of the U.S. financial and economic blockade on Iran would be slow.
“We’ll see,” Bessent said. “It will be — anything...
Bessent Urges More Disruption to Iran’s Financing, Will Review US Sanctions List
By David Lawder
PARIS, May 19 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday called on allies to more forcefully disrupt Iran's financing networks and said the Treasury would scrub its sanctions list of outdated designations to...
US Imposes New Sanctions on Iranian Exchange House, Shadow Fleet Vessels
WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed sanctions on an Iranian foreign currency exchange house and what it said were front companies overseeing transactions on behalf of Iranian banks as the U.S. maintains pressure...
EXCLUSIVE – How Trump’s Crypto Venture and Iran’s Top Exchange Tapped Into the Same...
By Tom Wilson and Gavin Finch
LONDON, May 18 (Reuters) - When customers of Iran’s largest crypto exchange needed to move billions of dollars, networks created by two of the industry’s biggest players served as conduits.
And from the early stages of President Donald Trump’s flagship digital...
Women-Led Home-Based Businesses Devastated by Internet Blackout in Iran
By Kayhan Life Staff
Home-based businesses in Iran engaged in activities such as handicrafts and ecotourism have been devastated by the Internet blackout in force since the Feb. 28 outbreak of the war with the...
US Issues Alert to Banks on IRGC Efforts to Evade Sanctions
WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - The United States on Monday issued an alert to financial institutions warning of efforts by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' to evade U.S. sanctions, as concerns mount of a resumption of...
Iranian Workers Face Job Losses, Increasing Poverty
By Roshanak Astaraki
May 1 marked International Workers’ Day, also known as Labor Day in some countries. For Iranian workers, however, the day was far from a celebration of their contributions to the economy and...
Iran’s Economic Crisis Hits Women Hardest As They Suffer Mass Layoffs
By Kayhan Life Staff
Women in the workplace in Iran are suffering mass layoffs because of the prolonged internet shutdown in Iran -- now into its third month -- and the ongoing war.
Traditional views about...
Dubai Chefs Shrink Menus As Iran War Makes Tomatillos, Scallops Harder To Source
DUBAI, May 1 (Reuters) - Dubai chef Shaw Lash at Mexican restaurant Lila Molino flies in her avocados and tomatillos, small, tart green fruits native to Central America that are a staple of Mexican cuisine and...
